Catarino Garza's Revolution on the Texas-Mexico Border

by Elliott Young

Catarino Garza's Revolution on the Texas-Mexico Border rescues an understudied episode from the footnotes of history. On September 15, 1891, Garza, a Mexican journalist and political activist, led a band of Mexican rebels out of South Texas and across the Rio Grande, declaring a revolution against Mexico's dictator, Porfirio Díaz. Made up of a broad cross-border alliance of ranchers, merchants, peasants, and disgruntled military men, Garza's revolution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822333201
• ISBN13: 9780822333203
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 407 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"